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The North Park
COLLEGE NEWS
VOLUME 58, NUMBER 16 THURSDAY, MARCH 30,1978 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Doug Person Luanne Anderson
North Park is a dynamic
place to be these days, and
we're excited to be a part of it.
Some fundamental changes are
taking place which will affect
the future course of the whole
school, both physically and
academically. We'd like to
have an input in making those
changes. That's why we're
running for President and
Vice-President, and that's why
we'd like your vote.
What qualifies us to serve in
such a position? What could
we contribute to the offices?
To that we would ask you to
consider the following:
(1) We can bring experience
to the positions. In the last
year Doug has been a senator
from the Junior class, Treasur-er
of the Student Association,
and a member of the Calendar
and Executive Committees.
Luanne has been a senator for
the last two years. She's a
member of the Nominating
and Social Events Committees
of the Senate. She's a member
of the Faculty Religious
Activities Committeee. And
she's currently a typist and
the copy editor for The College
News. Because of this experi-ence,
we feel that we have a
good grasp on the intricacies
of the S.A.; the procedures
and problems as well as the
issues and the methods. And
we feel that this experience is
vital to effective leadership in
the Senate.
(2) Because of this S.A.
experience, we can offer you
continuity. Continuity in.the
change from the old to new
administrations. We believe
that it's important to be able
to "pick up the ball" and start
running with it immediately. If
you have to take time
orienting yourself to programs,
positions, and roles of those
around you, you lose time;
valuable time that might
otherwise be spent in planning
or problem sovling. We're
already familiar with the
procedures. We don't have to
become oriented. Because of
this we can offer effective
leadership from the start.
(3) We offer ourselves and
our ideas to you. We're excited
about the Student Association.
We're excited about the possi-bilities
for development and
change within it. From our
experience, we're familiar with
some of the weaknesses which
the S.A. and the school face.
The following are general areas
which we think need develop-ment,
and they are objectives
which we would pursue if
elected.
*Increased Security
*Maximum Use of Faculty
Resources (Project Week
Trips, Book Reviews, Sympo-siums,
etc.)
*Increased Awareness of
Stalking
the elusive S.A. Presidency
It's time for a change in the
S.A. Existing programs need
to be pushed through, new
issues need to be considered,
and communications need to
opened up. Above all, we need
to rethink the role of the S.A.'s
leadership. A leader's job isn't
to inhibit, to usurp other's
positions, tokeep tabs on
people. His job is rather to be
a servant, to make everyone
else's job easier. In the Senate
this means that the President
needs to coordinate the deci-sion
making process: to gather
and organize information, take
care of the routine, boring
tasks or those that need
immediate action, and pass the
bigger decisions onto the
Senate with enough informa-tion
to allow the Senators to
make intelligent choices.
What are next year's deci-sions?
Besides the usual tasks
of the Senate there are three
new issues on which we must
present our position. Pass-Fail
and the calendar are both
important; more pressing is
the question of campus loca-tion.
The Task Force on
Location intends to have their
report in by the end of the
summer. If we students want
to have an input on this issue
we have to act now. And the
S.A. cannot act without first
assessing student opinion.
When is that last time
anyone on the S.A. Executive
Committee asked you your
opinion — on anything? The
Senate and particularly its
Executive Committee have
been accused with some justifi-cation
of representing a some-what
limited segment of the
student body. Together, we
represent off-campus as well as
on; non-Covenant as well as
mainstream "Covie". Tell us
what you think, tomorrow,
March 31.
Chuck Thorpe
Pam Jedd
Chuck Trope Pam Jedd
off-campus students needs
*Better student-BOD rela-tionships
*Increased academic excel-lence
for the school
*Cooperation with the ad-ministration
in the conserva-tion
and efficient utilization of
energy
*Increased Neighborhood
Outreach
*Investigaton of alternative
sources of funding for the
Cupola
This is by no means a
complete list of the steps to
Utopia for the Student Associ-ation,
but we think that
they're steps in the right
direction. Steps, which, if
achieved, will create a better
school for all of us.
(4) Lastly, we offer you an
"open ear." We by no means
have all the answers to all the
problems of the students at
North Park. This has perhaps
been a fault of the Senate at
various times in the past. They
haven't been responsive
enough to student's problems
and needs. We don't want that
to happen next year. If we're
elected we want people to come
and tell us what they .think,
what they want, and what
their problems are. No one
person can solve all the
problesm by himself; not even
a small group can. That's why
we offer you an "open ear."
Collectively we can solve some
of these problems that we've
failed to solve individually.
In closing we'd like to
briefly repeat what we consider
our qualification to be for
President and Vice-President.
(1) We can bring experience
to the positions. Experience
that is vital to effective
leadership in the S.A.
(2) WE can bring continuity
t the positions. Our leadership
won't be inhibited by orienta-tion
to various roles, proced-ures,
and regulations in the
S.A.
(3) We can bring ourselves
and our ideas to the positions.
We're excited about the S.A.,
and we're excited about things
that can happen within it.
(4) We can bring an "open
ear" to the positions. We don't
have all the answers. We'd like
feedback. Only in that way can
we solve student's problems
and respond to student's needs
effectively.
Please keep these qualifica-tions
in mind. We think that
we're the best qualified ticket
for the job. We hope you do
too, and we'd appreciate your
vote.
Doug Person
Luanne Anderson
Page 2 THE COLLEGE NEWS Thursday, March 30, 1978
Editorial:
As you are walking around
in the slush one of these
balmy, spring days in Chicago,
stop for a moment and watch
your fellow North Parkers pass
you by. You will notice, (if you
look carefully) that the neck
and spinal regions of their
bodies appear to be downright
spongy. "What on earth," you
wonder quietly, "can be the
nature of this curious condi-tion?"
Well, I will tell you.
After serious study and careful
consultation, I am led to
believe (hopefully it will be
disproven) that students of
North Park are slowly, but
surely, evolving into political
invertebrates.
The sad thing, in my
estimation, is that this evolu-tion
is not a part of the
'natural order of things'. It is a
willful' and self-induced degen-
Dear
Ed:
This letter concerns some
observations I made at the
recent SA convention. It was
great to see the number of
students that took time to
participate. From what I
understand the 30-plus delega-tions
present made this one of
the largest conventions ever.
This is good because in order
to work effectively the SA
must have strong student
support.
I was also greatly impressed
at how the structure of the
convention allowed for a
healthy combination of fun
and business. It is to the credit
of those who participated that
the convention is as enjoyable
and as effective as it is when it
comes down to the business
end of things.
With all this in mind it is
difficult to bring up what I feel
was a real sore spot in the
proceedings. I am referring to
the State of Up and Coming
and the ideas they catered to
and encouraged. It was appar-ent
to everyone there that
comments made by this dele-gation
while they had the floor
were definitely planned and
rehearsed to make as much out
of the implicit idea they were
presenting as possible.
eration that may at any time
be halted if the 'afflicted'
individual so desires.
Coupled with the slovenly
political posture taken on by
North Park students is a loss
of motor skills, such as the
ability to hold a writing utensil
long enough to mark a ballot.
If you doubt the validity of
these observations, watch for
the returns on the S.A.
nominations scheduled for the
end of this week. I think that
there may be an all time low in
voter turn-out, due to the
tragic spread of this dreaded
poli-invertebrate.
It could be said that the
name of this delegation, as
well as comments made by
Tim Johnson, past SA vice-president,
were totally inno-cent
— nothing but mere
words. But words are used to
create and present ideas, which
is why it is customary to use
discretion when speaking pub-lically.
Basically, my com-plaint
is that the State of Up
and Coming, last year's 12-
inch Club, knew of the possible
implications in the wording of
their name and encouraged the
development of these ideas
during the convention. (The
NPC student body is not that
naive.) I feel that this was
low-class and totally out of
place.
More relevant to myself is
that during the past year I've
come to know several of the
members of this delegation as
friends and peers and realize
that many times I have been
no better than the State of Up
and Coming in my own way of
thought and action. Those of
us as Christians, including
myself and several, if not all,
of the members of the State of
Up and Coming, owe our Lord
Jesus Christ no less than that
all our words and actions
should be "to the praise and
glory of God." All Christians
should consider the example
they are setting in terms of our
witness to others; especially
to those closest to us and with
whom we deal with everyday.
Ted Ahlem
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FACULTY ADVISOR: Vernon H. Wettersten
The faculty of the College
and the Seminary have ap-proved
the academic Calendar
for 1978-79. According to this
new schedule, the 1978 Fall
term will begin on September
25 •and wel be completed
December 8, just prior to the
Christmas break. Classes re-sume
after the holidays (which
marks the beginning of Winter
term) and continue through
March 15. The approved
schedule reduces Spring break
and Project Week to ten days
with the final quarter running
from March 27 to .June 8.
rent practice of splitting the
Winter term at Christmas
lacks continuity and makes it
difficult for the faculty to
motivate students for the two
or three weeks prior to the
break. In addition to eliminat-ing
this academic problem, the
new '78-'79 calendar will
institute significant savings
primarily in terms of energy
conservation, but related to
this in terms of an estimated
financial savings of $15,000
per year. This is due to air
conditioning cutbacks made
possible by the later Septem-
Academie Wender sees rani changes
The '78-'79 Academic Calen-dar
maintains North Park's
three-three plan but initiates
some significant changes; a
later start of the Fall term; a
longer Christmas vacation; an
uninterrupted Winter quarter;
a shorter Spring break; and a
later Commencement in June.
Next year's schedule was
modified in order to establish
an integrated Winter quarter
and to reduce the college's
energy consumption. Our cur-ber
starting date and the
reduction of heating expendi-tures
over the longer Christ-mas
break. Elom Nelson, Vice
President of Business Affairs,
expressed North Park's desire
to make a conscious effort to
conserve our natural resources
and at the same time serve the
student's interests in keeping
tuition costs down.
The new Academic Calendar
does have its drawbacks such
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Paul Stookey concert
scheduled for April 5
Noel Paul Stookey, the Paul
of the legendary Peter, Paul &
Mary, will be appearing in
concert at North Park College
Gym on Wed., April 5, at 8:15
p.m.
For ten years Paul, Mary
Travers and Peter Yarrow
teamed great harmonies, excel-lent
guitar work and that
famous sense of humor to
capture hearts in a thousand
cities and become "the Ameri-can
group of the decade".
They gave the world such
classic songs as "Lemon
Tree", "If I had a Hammer",
"Leaving On a Jet Plane",
"I Dig Rock & Roll Music",
"Puff (the Magic Dragon)",
"Blowin' In The Wind", "Day
Is Done" and so many others.
But in 1970 PP&M announced
they wre dissolving the group.
Shortly before the trio quit
touring, they appeared at a
concert in Austin, Texas. It
was there, backstage, that
Paul met a young man who
shared what it meant to
commit one's life to Jesus
Christ. For some time, Paul
had been searching for mean-ing
and purpose to life, and on
the advice of friend Bob Dylan
he had begun reading the
Bible. Yet it wasn't until this
backstange encounter that he
discovered that he could have
more than just an intellectual
knowledge of God.
When the group disbanded,
Paul publicly began using his
given name, Noel. He released
his first solo ablum using his
famous pseudonym "Paul
and", which included a song
Noel had written for Peter's
wedding. "The Wedding
Song" became a classic hit
around the world and showed
Noel's new direction following
his conversion to Christianity.
The couversion gave his life
new purpose and he began
spending less time on the road
and more time with his wife,
children and friends. The
Stookeys moved from subur-ban
New York to a small,
seaside town in Maine where
Noel established a recording/
animation studio complex as
an alternative for musicians
and artists who wish to create
free of city distractions.
Noel rarely tours these days,
but each appearance is greeted
by excitement from all who
know him. And concerts are
consistently S.R.O.
Tickets for the 8:15 p.m.
concert are $2.00, and may be
purchased at the Campus
Center and at the door. The
Noel Paul Stookey concert is
presented by the Student
Association.
Choir fights flu
during
Midwest tour
Nineteen concerts and 3000
miles later, the College Choir,
conductor, and bus driver were
still willing to go for another
week. The tour had led them
through Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
South Dakota, Colorado, Ne-braska,
and Minnesota, in 21/2
weeks during Spring Break.
Marked improvement came
with each performance despite
the choir's bout with the
"Russian Flu" and colds.
The repertoire ranged from
music of the 1800's by Brahms
to music of 1978 by Dr. Lee
Burswold. In the spirit of
Lent, the program was set to
emphasize the life of Christ
through the motets, hymns,
spirituals, Bach's "Cantata
Fifty", selections from
Brahms' "Ein Deutches Requi-em",
and Robert Shaw's Early
American Hymns. Consistent-ly
receiving strong response
from the audiences were
Randall Thompson's "Allelu-ia,"
and the spiritual "Deep
River" featuring soprano solo-ist
Rita Johonson. Alternating
soloists were Tim Bergman,
Roger Born, Bruce Engelbrekt,
Joy Huston, Beverly Johnson,
Bruce Palmatier, and David
Rice, while Nancy Dwyer was
the soloist in a Burswold
motet.
Choir president Roger Born
was impressed with the dedica-tion
the choir showed each
night to the music. "Every
night we were working our
tails off, and we didn't have to.
Like after our 11 hour 10 min.
bus ride to Lincoln .— that
evening we sang a tastic
concert; which is a good
indication of our dedicaton to
the choir and Mr. Thorburn.
No time in my North Park
experience have I been more
proud than while being on
tour; because it showed what
you're made of, and I like that
kind of challenge."
Other general comments
included: Thanks to our safe,
reliable, courteous driver, Ray
Warren, we had a smooth
trip."
"I never want to hear the
word 'casserole' again."
"It's a shame choir doesn't
go every year (on tour)."
"Mr. Thorburn is under-paid."
"I wouldn't have given it up
(tour) for Florida or any-thing!"
"It was the most spiritual
experience in my life."
"I was amazed at the
endurance showed, since it
would have been easy to poop
out."
". . . So much cooperation
and no complaining."
"Some members of the choir
were surprised at the lack of
recognition for the choir by the
administration in the midst of
the basketball revelling."
"Without Betty Nelson ac-companying
us, Mr. Thorburn
had a feeling of greater
responsibility, so everyone
pulled together. He moved
toward us and we to him."
"Music in one of those rare,
mystical experiences where
emotion and intellect seem to
coincide."
Bruce Jonnson
Thursday, March 30,1978 THE COLLEGE NEWS Page 3
Laura Stevens wins
opera competition
Within recent weeks a
number of students from
North Park competed in an
opera contest sponsored by the
Bel Canto Foundation, a
tax-exempt, non-profit organi-zation
whose goal is to expose
young American singers to
Italian operatic and romantic
repertoire. Along with stu-dents
from DePaul, Northeast-ern
Illinois, Northwestern, and
Roosevelt Universities, North
Park graduate and undergrad-uate
students — Nancy Dwy-er,
Dave Rice, and Laura
Stevens — competed before an
audience of judges and others
at Monastero's Ristorante, an
Italian restuarant in Chicago
which is active in the Founda-tion.
After she had appeared
several nights at the restau-rant,
it was announced that
Laura Stevens was the win-ning
singer from North Park;
the runner-up was Darrell
Rowader, a professional singer
from Palatine. For her accom-plishment,
Laura was awarded
$1,000 and is now eligible to
compete, along with the win-ners
from the other four
schools, on the 7th of May for
a trip to Italy. This will
involve 6-week stay in Italy
while studying under the
guidance of Tito Gobbi, a
world renowned Italian opera
star who has a workshop in
Florence. The winner of this
will forfeit the monetary award
to the runner-up from her or hs
own particular ediicational
institution.
Laura. Stevens, a junior
applied music major with a
vocal emphasis from Mount
Prospect, has been singing
throughout her high school
and college years performs on
occasion with her brother
Artie, is currently involved
with a gospel team at the
Mount Prospect Bible Church,
and beautifully performed a
solo in the recent NPC
presentation of Johannes
Brahms' German Requiem.
Though having just fin-ished,
and still resting up
from a demanding schedule on
the choir tour of the Midwest,
Laura felt that the contest was
actually quite enjoyable: "The
competition was fun, it was
fun to perform before these
people. It was all very relaxed,
no pressure." She also felt that
the Monastero family, owners
of the restaurant, were "gra-cious
people whose love of
music made the contest even
more meaningful."
Laura is also quite apprecia-tive
of the people in the music
department at North Park:
"They have all been so special.
It is so nice to know that they
care." Jeff Martin
'Requiem' a resounding success
To say that the College
Choir's March 21 performance
of the Brahms Ein Deutsches
Requiem was an emotional one
would certainly be an under-statement.
Impressive both in
technical execution and the
musicianship which was evi-dent,
the performance by the
Choir and Chamber Orchestra
was deeply moving for the
large crowd in attendance at
Queen of All Saints Basilica.
The three soloists deserve
particular recognition. Laura
Stevens, David Rice, and
Bruce Palmatier each made an
outstanding contribution to
the performance. Their skills
led one individual to ask Mr.
Thorburn why he had his
professionals sing with the
Choir. He replied, "They're
part of the Choir."
Individuals in the audience
were not the only ones affected
by the Brahms Requiem.
Members of both the Choir
and the Orchestra expressed
their emotional response to the
performance. Mr. Thorburn
himself told the Choir after
they had finished that he was
moved beyond tears. The I
evening was a fitting climax to
a successful tour for the Choir
members themselves.
As a whole, it was one of the
most moving performances by
any North Park musical
ensemble that this writer has
experienced. We express our
thanks for a true spiritual
experience. Bruce Peterson
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Page 4 THE COLLEGE NEWS Thursday, March 30,1978
Dais Project Medd hy flash floods
North Park students and faculty stand dwarfed by a United States Coast Guard
chopper waiting to free them from a sudden watery exile.
The poster in the San Diego
airport read, "Visit Baja — for
Vacation and Romance." I
stared at it with unbelieving
eyes, thinking that it should
more appropriately read, "Vis-it
Baja — for Floods and
Evacuations."
I was one of 23 tired, dirty,
and hungry North Parkers
who had just been airlifted out
of Colonet, Mexico by the
United States Coast Guard.
We were waiting to be taken to
the American Red Cross
Center in San Diego. Dr. E.
James Kennedy was on the
phone talking to President
Ahlem about us, about the
eleven guys, one project period
leader, Mr. Tofte, and about
the four vans which we had
left in Baja. The T.V. and
newspaper men were asking
questions and shining bright
lights in our faces. And then,
we were on a bus heading for
the Red Cross Center. At last I
had a chance to collect my
thoughts.
Our trip had begun as
expected. All 35 of us,
traveling in four vans, had
made the trip from Chicago to
San Diego without any over-whelming
difficulties. After a
brief stay in San Diego, we
headed south for Baja. Our
troubles began towards late
afternoon of that day, Feb. 28,
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together we rearranged the
rocks in an effort to level out
the muddy pile. We stood in
the rain and cheered as each
van lurched across the ava-lanche.
When it came time to set up
camp that evening, it was
pouring relentlessly. Obviously
we could not pitch tents, so we
kept driving until our next gas
stop, San Vincente. At the gas
station we chanced to meet the
mayor of that fine town, who
graciously offered us the use of
his town hall for the night. He
kicked several drunks out of
jail, and presented us with one
filthy bathroom, one flooded,
furnitureless meeting room,
and one empty jail.
It was still raining the next
morning as we packed up and
continued our southward jour-ney.
The condition of the road
worsened. We drove through
one particularly flooded sec-tion
of the road only to
discover a river flowing across
the highway 12 miles further
south. It was quiet apparrent
that we could not go on, so we
got out of the vans, stood in
the rain, and watched the road
disintegrate before our eyes.
The gush of muddy water
tumbling down from the
mountains had literally be-come
a river, and had eaten
away the soil beneath the
asphalt, causing it to collapse.
Quite speechless over what we
had just seen, we turned
around headed north.
Retracing our steps we
drove back the way we had
come only a little while earlier,
and to our amazement discov-ered
that the flooded section of
the road 12 miles north of the
"river" had become a sizeable
stream in its own right!
Trapped between the two
washouts, we found ourselves
at a total loss.
Again we turned around,
returning to the south wash-out.
The swift-flowing waters
had split in two the little town
of Colonet. We were stuck on
the north side. Seeking shelter,
we obtained permission to stay
in the Protestant church there.
The church was nicer than the
town hall of the prior night,
but it was smaller, and in place
of a filthy bathroom, we had
only a tipped-over outhouse.
Several gallant gentlement
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and clorox the seat. They then
pronounced it fit for even their
tender behinds! We had our
own food and water, and yet,
T. did warn us about the
sanitary conditions, and cau-tioned
us to be as careful as
possible. We settled down for
the night, little knowing that
that night, Wed., March 8,
was to be only the first of four
nights which we were to spend
in that tiny church.
We spent the next three
days waiting. We hiked when
the weather permitted, and we
played cards. We ate chocolate
chip cookies and spam. We
rationed breadk, water, and
soda pop. We bought Mexican
hats and beer from the little
store down the road. We
cracked jokes about the out-house.
We talked about what
showers used to feel like. We
wondered about NPC's basket-ball
team, and wondered if
anyone back in Chicago knew
of our troubles. We wrote,
directed, produced, and ap-plauded
our own skits. We
laughed a lot. And above all,
we tried to get word of our
predicament back to the States
through the use of C.B. radios,
hand-delivered messages, and
a large SOS made out of white
cinder blocks.
Even as early as the evening
of the second day we realized
that either we found a way
out, or we were going to be
stuck for a long time. Talk of
air-lifting us out began float-ing
around. And, after repeat-ed
landings to pick up the
injured and drop off food for
the Mexicans, the USCG did
airlift us out. WE left behind a
skeleton crew of 12 guys to
drive the vans out as soon as
possible. I remember feelings
running high at this time, but
they were not feelings of fear.
Rather, they were feelings of
excitement, of adventure, and
of seperation. We did not know
when our group would be back
together. Perhaps that lack of
knowledge was the only fright-ening
thing. For if we had
learned little about biology
and the desert, we had learned
a great deal about sociology.
And we had developed a close
and special relationship which
only such unusual circum-stances
can create. It was
Sun., March 5, when we were
evacuated.
Two days later we were
reunited in San Diego. Our
guys had been able to drive,
push and drage the vans out of
Baja. We spent the final days
of our trip in the Sonoran
desert of Arizona. We returned
to chicago in what might be
termed a pensive mood. I, and
I know that I am only one of
many, am not able to forget
the tragic state of the Mexican
people that we left in Baja. It
seems so far removed now, and
yet, when we were there,
Chicago seemed almost non-existent.
That flood was real,
and I would venture to say
that we learned what life is
really like for much of the
world's population. We grew
to care for one another in a
unique way, and we shared a
simple lifestyle which so many
Americans never experience.
Do I regret my Spring
break? Never in a million
years. It was an adventure
which will not soon be
forgotten.
Beth Windmiller
Thursday, March 30,1978 THE COLLEGE NEWS Page 5
Bikers Vander' ihroufh Florida Students travel to Grand Canyon During this past project way.
period, a group of students
had the unique privilege to
ride bicycles through Florida.
They did this in conjunction
with the Wandering Wheels
organization. Led by faculty
members Marty Kreps and
Micky Benson, the group left
North Park on the 24th of
February in "The Possum
Three", a bus appropriately
named for the possum, a
nocturnal animal who carries
its young. Beginning at Day-tona
Beach, their cycling took
them through such towns as
Titusville to Vero Beach and
finally ending up at Pompano.
Along the way these stu-dents
learned and shared a
number of experiences which
included Snow White's Scary
Adventures (a relatively fright-ening
ride at Disney World),
Wet Willies (if you aren't
familiar with these just ask
one of the people who wen on
the trip to demonstrate),
potluck dinners, breakfast on
the veranda, sparse showers,
Claudia's eyebrow, and riding
in the rain in addition to sore
muscles. They also found that
contrary to popular belief it is
the guys and not the girls who
brought the hairdryers.
The trip also had a more
serious side. The cyclists had
the chance to sing in various
churches along the way (as
well as sleep on the church
floors). Sharing their faith
with others was the major
purpose of the expedition. As
one cyclist, Sue Bryan, said,
"It was the perfect opportuni-ty
to share Christ with others.
It was also good in getting to
know North Park people who
we didn't have the chance to
get to know in school. There
was something special in get-ting
to know everybody in this
The staff of Wandering
Wheels was also enjoyable to
get to know. All the cyclers
felt that they were a beautiful
group of people. Said one
cyclist, Nancy Lindstrom,
"The staff had to be a group of
very special people to go on
these trips with these kids.
The love that they showed to
us was very heart-warming
and will be remembered."
Though the cyclers rode
along all sorts of streets in
their 325 mile trek, the areas
enjoyed the most were the
backroads. Said Nancy, "They
were not as commercial and
much more quiet and relax-ing."
All in all, the group had
an enjoyable and memorable
trip. While they kept on
singing and sharing, big
wheels kept on turnin'.
Jeff Martin
North Park College Choir at Queen of All Saints Basilica.
Cancer is often curable.
The fear of cancer
is often fatal.
If you're afraid of
cancer...you're not alone.
But some people are so afraid
that they won't go to the
doctor when they suspect
something's wrong.
They're afraid the
doctor might "find some-thing:'.
This kind of fear can
prevent them from discover-ing
cancer in the early stages
when it is most often curable.
These people run the
risk of letting cancer scare
them to death.
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Society
[Cont'd from page 2]
as lack of coordination with
athletic activities (i.e., some of
North Park's football games
will be played before the
beginning of the Fall term),
later entrance into the summer
job market, and adjustment of
Project Week in accordance
with the time limitations
imposed by the new schedule.
However, as Dr. Sandin, Vice
President for Academic Af-fairs,
pointed out, "What is
and ideal calendar?" Perhaps
the '78-'79 Academic Calendar
is not a perfect solution, but
hopefully the student body will
find that it provides an
improved and sensitive re-sponse
to the enviornmental,
academic, and financial prob-lems
faced by North Park
College.
St. Louis (AP) Dan
McCarrell of NPC was
named Sunday as the
National Associations of
Basketball Coaches Divi-sion
III Coach of the
year after leading the
Vikings to the NCAA Di-vision
III Championship.
During the early morning of
Thursday, February 23, ten
North Park students, led by
Arnie Werling, left on an
extended backpack trip to the
Grand Canyon Arizona. The 36
hour drive was marred by two
flat tires but the first spectacu-lar
view of the Canyon on the
evening of the 24th, more than
made up for an inconvenience.
After spending that first
night on the South Rim, packs
and tents were loaded on backs
and the long hike to the
bottom of the Canyon was
begun. Every turn of the trail,
to the Colorado River, opened
a new and exciting vista to our
eyes. A brief encounter with
some wild burros, the discov-ery
of ancient Indian ruins,
and the sight of sand dunes
not common to the terrain
were some of the highlights.
The first campsite was
pitched at Indian Gardens
with subsequent nights at
Bright Angel and Clear Creek.
Here the weather, due to the
monsoon type rainstorms from
Southern Calif., caused flash
flooding, which almost result-ed
in the loss of three
backpacks. Accordingly, it was
decided to cut short our
camping by one day and head
back to Bright Angel. How-ever,
there weren't any shel-ters
available here and the
night was spent in glorious
comfort at the famous Phan-tom
Ranch.
The only trail open to the
Rim from here was the very
difficult Kaibab Trail. On the
way up we passed through a
Climate Belt, that is we
started out in comparitively
warm but rainy weather,
progressing through a belt of
sleet and hail, and ending up
on top in a snowstorm. Here
we learned from a Ranger that
all of the Park's trails were
being closed down because of
the inclimate weather condi-tions
and rockslides.
AFter recouperating, we
were off to Denver, Colorado
and Stromsberg, Nebraska and
then on home to Chicago,
Illinois.
Participating in the trip
were students Sue Anderson,
Sue Fog, Norm Kronberg,
Dave Swanland, Kay Carpen-ter,
Kathy Gianfrancesco, Pat
Larson, Cindy Dwyer, Pam
Jedd, and Paul McAboy.
Pam Jedd
Students aid Uptown families
Lerner — On almost any
Saturday or school holiday, a
team of two or more college
students can be seen hefting
old furniture and other house-hold
items into low-income
apartments in the Uptown and
Edgewater areas.
What are these clean-cut
American youths from middle-to-
upper-middle income fami-lies
doing with used household
goods in such unlikely places?
What these North Park
collge students are doing is
helping resettle Indochinese
refugees and cope with life in
America under a volunteer
program called Project AID
(Assistance for Indochinese
Development).
One such collegian is Mark
Fogel, a senior in business
administration from Wilmette.
"When I started, we would go
out and meet the people
(refugees) and find out what
they needed. Then we'd follow
up on them. An Indochinese in
the program usually goes out
to help by finding out people
who give things away.
"We usually go out in pairs.
We get a car to pick things up
and deliver them to the
refugees' homes."
One of the aid recipients was
Neng Lee, a former secret
service agent in Viet Nam now
living in an apartment at 850
Eastwood. His apartment did
not have anything more but a
table and a few beds. Some of
his eight children were sleep-ing
on the floor, according to
volunteer Todd Engstrom, a
freshman from California.
So Engstrom and school-mate
David Rasanen, another
freshman, rented a U-haul
trailer and hitched it to Lee's
car. The three men drove out
to four donors' homes and
picked up four bags of
clothing, a sofa, a bed, a
dresser, a large mirror and
some kitchen appliances for
the Lee household.
Six students from the
college, 5125 N. Spaulding,
comprise the "core group" of
volunteers, according to stu-dent
activities director Peter
Heintzelman. They meet at the
AID center, 920 Lakeside,
prior to going out on their
tasks.
Engstrom said the idea of
helping the refugees "sounded
real interesting" when he first
heard about it from Heintzel-man.
"I though go down
there and see what it is. I
enjoy trying to help, and I like
working with people. This
gives me a chance to do that."
Fogel too explained what
motivated him to join the
program that was started last
fall at North Park. "I felt I
should be involved more, get
out in the city. It didn't seem
like you have to be an expert."
Heintzelman said he's hop-ing
to get more students
interested and beef up volun-teer
strength as much as 20 by
the end of next spring. The
volunteers now are preparing
to help refugees with income
tax forms, job applications and
citizenship papers. The Indo-chinese
most formidable prob-lem
is language, the students
said.
Ernest Jaski, Project AID
director, praised the students
for their assistance. He and
John Eddy, a Loyola Universi-ty
professor, solicited North
Park's participation in the
state funded program.
So far, Jaski said, the
project has assisted more
than 200 refugees out of about
4,400 in the Chicago area. A
consortium of area organiza-tions
have been offering the
Asians a variety of services
including English language
classes, counseling, job pre-paration
and survival courses.
The organizations include
the North River Business and
Industrial council (NORBIC),
St. Thomas of Canterbury
church, 4827 N. Kenmore;
Vietnam Assn. of Illinois,
Cambodian Assn. of Illinois
and the Laotian Assn. of
Illinois.
Page 6 THE COLLEGE NEWS Thursday, March 30, 1978
Imagine North Park football
fans viewing a home game
from permanent concrete
stands, free from the risk of
picking up painful splinters
protruding from rough-shod
bleacher planks. How about a
game in which the football
does not need to be fetched
from the North Branch and
disinfected after every extra
point? Think of a runner
treading on a clean, solid
surface, unlike the cinder-and-mud
oval of present. Or can
you picture, simply, a home
track meet?
North Park is now closer
than ever to seeing a complete
renovation of its grossly
inadequate athletic field. After
years of waiting and many
unfulfilled promises, steps
have been taken to prepare for
construction which would raise
the quality of the Viking
facilities up to par with most
other conference schools. A
past difficulty the school has
faced was that the rights for
the property, in the form of a
lease from the city, were
scheduled to expire in 1980.
The recent lease extention to
the year 2003 has eliminated
this major hurdle.
The first phase of the
proposed project is demolition
of the old gas station on
Foster Ave. and excavation of
the land it presently occupies.
With the fill from the regrad-ing
job, underground storage
tanks in the northwest corner
will be removed and the
football field, rotated counter-clockwise
slightly, will be
properly crowned. Both the
crowning and the installment
of adequate drain tile should
alleviate the bath tub effect
which has made muddy disas-ters
of many Viking football
and baseball contests. In
addition, the soccer team may
be allowed use of the field for
home games without risking
too much damage to the sod.
The second phase of con-struction
is installation of a
400 meter all-weather track.
The proposed metric-scale
track, in line with present-day
collegiate trends, will be four
lanes wide with as six-lane
straight-away for sprints. The
track team will finally be able
to host dual meets, although
conference meets require an
eight-lane track. Pits and
runways for field events are
also in the plans.
The third and major phase
of the project calls for erection
of a 2500 seat concrete
grandstand. The structure will
be located on the east, or river,
side of the field, with portable
bleachers being maintained on
the opposite side for visiting
fans. This major improvement
will be a welcome sight on a
previously unimpressive field,
in addition to providing com-fortable,
adequate seating for
all those die-hard Viking
supporters.
Swedish Covenant Hospital,
whose cardiac rehabilitation
patients will use the new track,
will be solicited for funds to
build a dressing room under
the grandstand for their use
and visiting teams' use. If the
hospital can not contribute,
this area will be used for
storage, increasing the amount
lithkile field io stew mord*,
Architects conception of proposed field.
Back row (pictured left right): Bruce D. Johnson, Del Anderson, Chuck
Thorpe, John Hogberg, Michael Lindholm, Dr. Ralph Lowell, Nancy Erickson,
John Carlson, Vicki Brudine, Dr. L. Knipp, Debra Tirpitz, Dr. P. Pearson.
Middle row: Sue Nelson, Pam Johnson, Peter Franklin, Kristin Bladel, Sue
Anderson, Linda Kuykendall, Joan Roberts, Elaine Stuffle, Carol Johnson.
Front row: Dan Peterson, Prof. A. T. Johnson, Sue Geisler, Tina Bringarud,
Joan Bjorkman.
Tri-Beta sees increased involvement
The Beta Beta Beta Hono-rary
Biological Society is once
again an active organization
on the North Park campus.
After a year of being essential-ly
inactive, the club has pulled
itself together with the help of
faculty advisors Professors
Knipp and Johnson of the
Biology Department. Monday,
February 13, was the official
induction ceremony to wel-come
the 23 new active and 8
associate members. Guests
present for the evenings
festivities were Professors
Ralph Lowell and Carroll
Peterson, two of the founding
members of the North Park
Chapter. The highlight of the
evening was a talk on
vegetarianism by Ms. Cindy
Hadley from Chicago's "Good
Earth" Restaurant. She was
well-informed and her interest-ing
talk captured the attention
and challenged the appetites of
all who attended. The dinner
exemplified perhaps the major
function of the Tri-Beta hopes
to fulfill at NPC, that of
introducing those students
with an interest in biology to
of usable space in the already
existing field house.
A for the work time-table,
construction is to proceed in
the order outlined. To be
available for the opening
football game next Fall, the
field must be sodded by June
15. Consequently, Athletic
Director Dan McCarrell has
rescheduled home baseball
games to accommodate a May
1 construction date.
Last, but far from least, is
the matter concerning funds to
foot the bill. With estimates
close to $250,000, the school
will proceed with construction
on a funds-in-hand basis. Not
wanting to deplete current
funding sources, the adminis-tration
has stated that no
funds from existing contribut-ors
will be applied to the bill.
As a result, contributions of
labor and materials as well as
money are being solicited from
new sources and federally
funded student labor will be
used over the summer. Vice-
President for Academic Affairs
Elom Nelson was excited
about the project, and optimis-tic
that adequate resources can
be tapped for the majority of
the proposed work.
An enrollment increase of as
many as 100 students is an
estimation of what may result
from these improvements. Cer-tainly,
the athletic department
would be given a shot in the
arm with their recruitment
efforts in sports that have
been waning in recent years.
After years of waiting, it
appears that the back stretch
of athletic field renovation is
clearly in sight.
Baseball games rescheduled
The Viking baseball team
will rely heavily upon youth
this season as it attempts to
improve on last year's 8-22
record. With ten freshmen on
the 22-man squad, coach
Bosko Djurickovic anticipates
a rebuilding year as he uses
young players in an attempt to
gain experience at key posi-tions.
The team currently is on
their annual southern trek,
gaining experience against
such schools as Southwestern
Tennessee and Mississippi
College in a climate much more
dependable for good game
conditions. They meet the
University of Illinois in a
doubleheader this weekend a s
their ten-day journey ends.
A major blow was dealt the
Vikings prior to the season
when senior infielder Gary
Moriarty broke his wrist in a
car accident. Last year's
leading hitter, Moriarty was to
provide the line-up with a
powerful bat and a sure-hand-ed
glove.
Co-captains Ron Schroeder
at pitcher and Mark Naumiec
behind the plate give the team
good experience at these
critical positions. Freshman
John Olson, pitching second in
the rotation and playing
outfield, shows good promise
at his positions. Freshmen
Arthur Hood in the outfield
and infielders Andre Madrigal
and Paul Moon have all been
impressive in preseason drills.
Junior Andrew Murdock and
Sophomore Russ Corpolongo
both swing good bats and
should inject power into the
Viking line-up.
Due to the proposed construc-tion
on the athletic field, the
team's home slate has been
changed to allow for comple-tion
of all home games by May
1. Hopefully, the flowers of
May will arrive in April and
allow the team to complete its
home stand during that nor-mally
rainy month. Fans
should note the schedule
change and remember to
attend early-season games.
Wendell Gustafson
different aspects of this vast
science. While some activities
may be restricted to members
only, most are open to all
students and faculty. The Club
has many activities planned
for the rest of the school year;
the next one being an Ecologi-cal
and Wildlife Slide Presen-tation
on the Florida Ever-glades
by Dr. Clarence Post-mus
of the Chemistry Depart-ment.
This talk will be
Thursday evening, April 6th at
8:30 p.m. in Room C13 and
promises to be quite interest-ing.
Refreshments will be
served afterwards with a time
to ask questions. The North
Park Community is invited to
join us in seeing some of the
wonders of the Great South-east.

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The North Park
COLLEGE NEWS
VOLUME 58, NUMBER 16 THURSDAY, MARCH 30,1978 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Doug Person Luanne Anderson
North Park is a dynamic
place to be these days, and
we're excited to be a part of it.
Some fundamental changes are
taking place which will affect
the future course of the whole
school, both physically and
academically. We'd like to
have an input in making those
changes. That's why we're
running for President and
Vice-President, and that's why
we'd like your vote.
What qualifies us to serve in
such a position? What could
we contribute to the offices?
To that we would ask you to
consider the following:
(1) We can bring experience
to the positions. In the last
year Doug has been a senator
from the Junior class, Treasur-er
of the Student Association,
and a member of the Calendar
and Executive Committees.
Luanne has been a senator for
the last two years. She's a
member of the Nominating
and Social Events Committees
of the Senate. She's a member
of the Faculty Religious
Activities Committeee. And
she's currently a typist and
the copy editor for The College
News. Because of this experi-ence,
we feel that we have a
good grasp on the intricacies
of the S.A.; the procedures
and problems as well as the
issues and the methods. And
we feel that this experience is
vital to effective leadership in
the Senate.
(2) Because of this S.A.
experience, we can offer you
continuity. Continuity in.the
change from the old to new
administrations. We believe
that it's important to be able
to "pick up the ball" and start
running with it immediately. If
you have to take time
orienting yourself to programs,
positions, and roles of those
around you, you lose time;
valuable time that might
otherwise be spent in planning
or problem sovling. We're
already familiar with the
procedures. We don't have to
become oriented. Because of
this we can offer effective
leadership from the start.
(3) We offer ourselves and
our ideas to you. We're excited
about the Student Association.
We're excited about the possi-bilities
for development and
change within it. From our
experience, we're familiar with
some of the weaknesses which
the S.A. and the school face.
The following are general areas
which we think need develop-ment,
and they are objectives
which we would pursue if
elected.
*Increased Security
*Maximum Use of Faculty
Resources (Project Week
Trips, Book Reviews, Sympo-siums,
etc.)
*Increased Awareness of
Stalking
the elusive S.A. Presidency
It's time for a change in the
S.A. Existing programs need
to be pushed through, new
issues need to be considered,
and communications need to
opened up. Above all, we need
to rethink the role of the S.A.'s
leadership. A leader's job isn't
to inhibit, to usurp other's
positions, tokeep tabs on
people. His job is rather to be
a servant, to make everyone
else's job easier. In the Senate
this means that the President
needs to coordinate the deci-sion
making process: to gather
and organize information, take
care of the routine, boring
tasks or those that need
immediate action, and pass the
bigger decisions onto the
Senate with enough informa-tion
to allow the Senators to
make intelligent choices.
What are next year's deci-sions?
Besides the usual tasks
of the Senate there are three
new issues on which we must
present our position. Pass-Fail
and the calendar are both
important; more pressing is
the question of campus loca-tion.
The Task Force on
Location intends to have their
report in by the end of the
summer. If we students want
to have an input on this issue
we have to act now. And the
S.A. cannot act without first
assessing student opinion.
When is that last time
anyone on the S.A. Executive
Committee asked you your
opinion — on anything? The
Senate and particularly its
Executive Committee have
been accused with some justifi-cation
of representing a some-what
limited segment of the
student body. Together, we
represent off-campus as well as
on; non-Covenant as well as
mainstream "Covie". Tell us
what you think, tomorrow,
March 31.
Chuck Thorpe
Pam Jedd
Chuck Trope Pam Jedd
off-campus students needs
*Better student-BOD rela-tionships
*Increased academic excel-lence
for the school
*Cooperation with the ad-ministration
in the conserva-tion
and efficient utilization of
energy
*Increased Neighborhood
Outreach
*Investigaton of alternative
sources of funding for the
Cupola
This is by no means a
complete list of the steps to
Utopia for the Student Associ-ation,
but we think that
they're steps in the right
direction. Steps, which, if
achieved, will create a better
school for all of us.
(4) Lastly, we offer you an
"open ear." We by no means
have all the answers to all the
problems of the students at
North Park. This has perhaps
been a fault of the Senate at
various times in the past. They
haven't been responsive
enough to student's problems
and needs. We don't want that
to happen next year. If we're
elected we want people to come
and tell us what they .think,
what they want, and what
their problems are. No one
person can solve all the
problesm by himself; not even
a small group can. That's why
we offer you an "open ear."
Collectively we can solve some
of these problems that we've
failed to solve individually.
In closing we'd like to
briefly repeat what we consider
our qualification to be for
President and Vice-President.
(1) We can bring experience
to the positions. Experience
that is vital to effective
leadership in the S.A.
(2) WE can bring continuity
t the positions. Our leadership
won't be inhibited by orienta-tion
to various roles, proced-ures,
and regulations in the
S.A.
(3) We can bring ourselves
and our ideas to the positions.
We're excited about the S.A.,
and we're excited about things
that can happen within it.
(4) We can bring an "open
ear" to the positions. We don't
have all the answers. We'd like
feedback. Only in that way can
we solve student's problems
and respond to student's needs
effectively.
Please keep these qualifica-tions
in mind. We think that
we're the best qualified ticket
for the job. We hope you do
too, and we'd appreciate your
vote.
Doug Person
Luanne Anderson
Page 2 THE COLLEGE NEWS Thursday, March 30, 1978
Editorial:
As you are walking around
in the slush one of these
balmy, spring days in Chicago,
stop for a moment and watch
your fellow North Parkers pass
you by. You will notice, (if you
look carefully) that the neck
and spinal regions of their
bodies appear to be downright
spongy. "What on earth," you
wonder quietly, "can be the
nature of this curious condi-tion?"
Well, I will tell you.
After serious study and careful
consultation, I am led to
believe (hopefully it will be
disproven) that students of
North Park are slowly, but
surely, evolving into political
invertebrates.
The sad thing, in my
estimation, is that this evolu-tion
is not a part of the
'natural order of things'. It is a
willful' and self-induced degen-
Dear
Ed:
This letter concerns some
observations I made at the
recent SA convention. It was
great to see the number of
students that took time to
participate. From what I
understand the 30-plus delega-tions
present made this one of
the largest conventions ever.
This is good because in order
to work effectively the SA
must have strong student
support.
I was also greatly impressed
at how the structure of the
convention allowed for a
healthy combination of fun
and business. It is to the credit
of those who participated that
the convention is as enjoyable
and as effective as it is when it
comes down to the business
end of things.
With all this in mind it is
difficult to bring up what I feel
was a real sore spot in the
proceedings. I am referring to
the State of Up and Coming
and the ideas they catered to
and encouraged. It was appar-ent
to everyone there that
comments made by this dele-gation
while they had the floor
were definitely planned and
rehearsed to make as much out
of the implicit idea they were
presenting as possible.
eration that may at any time
be halted if the 'afflicted'
individual so desires.
Coupled with the slovenly
political posture taken on by
North Park students is a loss
of motor skills, such as the
ability to hold a writing utensil
long enough to mark a ballot.
If you doubt the validity of
these observations, watch for
the returns on the S.A.
nominations scheduled for the
end of this week. I think that
there may be an all time low in
voter turn-out, due to the
tragic spread of this dreaded
poli-invertebrate.
It could be said that the
name of this delegation, as
well as comments made by
Tim Johnson, past SA vice-president,
were totally inno-cent
— nothing but mere
words. But words are used to
create and present ideas, which
is why it is customary to use
discretion when speaking pub-lically.
Basically, my com-plaint
is that the State of Up
and Coming, last year's 12-
inch Club, knew of the possible
implications in the wording of
their name and encouraged the
development of these ideas
during the convention. (The
NPC student body is not that
naive.) I feel that this was
low-class and totally out of
place.
More relevant to myself is
that during the past year I've
come to know several of the
members of this delegation as
friends and peers and realize
that many times I have been
no better than the State of Up
and Coming in my own way of
thought and action. Those of
us as Christians, including
myself and several, if not all,
of the members of the State of
Up and Coming, owe our Lord
Jesus Christ no less than that
all our words and actions
should be "to the praise and
glory of God." All Christians
should consider the example
they are setting in terms of our
witness to others; especially
to those closest to us and with
whom we deal with everyday.
Ted Ahlem
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The faculty of the College
and the Seminary have ap-proved
the academic Calendar
for 1978-79. According to this
new schedule, the 1978 Fall
term will begin on September
25 •and wel be completed
December 8, just prior to the
Christmas break. Classes re-sume
after the holidays (which
marks the beginning of Winter
term) and continue through
March 15. The approved
schedule reduces Spring break
and Project Week to ten days
with the final quarter running
from March 27 to .June 8.
rent practice of splitting the
Winter term at Christmas
lacks continuity and makes it
difficult for the faculty to
motivate students for the two
or three weeks prior to the
break. In addition to eliminat-ing
this academic problem, the
new '78-'79 calendar will
institute significant savings
primarily in terms of energy
conservation, but related to
this in terms of an estimated
financial savings of $15,000
per year. This is due to air
conditioning cutbacks made
possible by the later Septem-
Academie Wender sees rani changes
The '78-'79 Academic Calen-dar
maintains North Park's
three-three plan but initiates
some significant changes; a
later start of the Fall term; a
longer Christmas vacation; an
uninterrupted Winter quarter;
a shorter Spring break; and a
later Commencement in June.
Next year's schedule was
modified in order to establish
an integrated Winter quarter
and to reduce the college's
energy consumption. Our cur-ber
starting date and the
reduction of heating expendi-tures
over the longer Christ-mas
break. Elom Nelson, Vice
President of Business Affairs,
expressed North Park's desire
to make a conscious effort to
conserve our natural resources
and at the same time serve the
student's interests in keeping
tuition costs down.
The new Academic Calendar
does have its drawbacks such
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Paul Stookey concert
scheduled for April 5
Noel Paul Stookey, the Paul
of the legendary Peter, Paul &
Mary, will be appearing in
concert at North Park College
Gym on Wed., April 5, at 8:15
p.m.
For ten years Paul, Mary
Travers and Peter Yarrow
teamed great harmonies, excel-lent
guitar work and that
famous sense of humor to
capture hearts in a thousand
cities and become "the Ameri-can
group of the decade".
They gave the world such
classic songs as "Lemon
Tree", "If I had a Hammer",
"Leaving On a Jet Plane",
"I Dig Rock & Roll Music",
"Puff (the Magic Dragon)",
"Blowin' In The Wind", "Day
Is Done" and so many others.
But in 1970 PP&M announced
they wre dissolving the group.
Shortly before the trio quit
touring, they appeared at a
concert in Austin, Texas. It
was there, backstage, that
Paul met a young man who
shared what it meant to
commit one's life to Jesus
Christ. For some time, Paul
had been searching for mean-ing
and purpose to life, and on
the advice of friend Bob Dylan
he had begun reading the
Bible. Yet it wasn't until this
backstange encounter that he
discovered that he could have
more than just an intellectual
knowledge of God.
When the group disbanded,
Paul publicly began using his
given name, Noel. He released
his first solo ablum using his
famous pseudonym "Paul
and", which included a song
Noel had written for Peter's
wedding. "The Wedding
Song" became a classic hit
around the world and showed
Noel's new direction following
his conversion to Christianity.
The couversion gave his life
new purpose and he began
spending less time on the road
and more time with his wife,
children and friends. The
Stookeys moved from subur-ban
New York to a small,
seaside town in Maine where
Noel established a recording/
animation studio complex as
an alternative for musicians
and artists who wish to create
free of city distractions.
Noel rarely tours these days,
but each appearance is greeted
by excitement from all who
know him. And concerts are
consistently S.R.O.
Tickets for the 8:15 p.m.
concert are $2.00, and may be
purchased at the Campus
Center and at the door. The
Noel Paul Stookey concert is
presented by the Student
Association.
Choir fights flu
during
Midwest tour
Nineteen concerts and 3000
miles later, the College Choir,
conductor, and bus driver were
still willing to go for another
week. The tour had led them
through Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
South Dakota, Colorado, Ne-braska,
and Minnesota, in 21/2
weeks during Spring Break.
Marked improvement came
with each performance despite
the choir's bout with the
"Russian Flu" and colds.
The repertoire ranged from
music of the 1800's by Brahms
to music of 1978 by Dr. Lee
Burswold. In the spirit of
Lent, the program was set to
emphasize the life of Christ
through the motets, hymns,
spirituals, Bach's "Cantata
Fifty", selections from
Brahms' "Ein Deutches Requi-em",
and Robert Shaw's Early
American Hymns. Consistent-ly
receiving strong response
from the audiences were
Randall Thompson's "Allelu-ia,"
and the spiritual "Deep
River" featuring soprano solo-ist
Rita Johonson. Alternating
soloists were Tim Bergman,
Roger Born, Bruce Engelbrekt,
Joy Huston, Beverly Johnson,
Bruce Palmatier, and David
Rice, while Nancy Dwyer was
the soloist in a Burswold
motet.
Choir president Roger Born
was impressed with the dedica-tion
the choir showed each
night to the music. "Every
night we were working our
tails off, and we didn't have to.
Like after our 11 hour 10 min.
bus ride to Lincoln .— that
evening we sang a tastic
concert; which is a good
indication of our dedicaton to
the choir and Mr. Thorburn.
No time in my North Park
experience have I been more
proud than while being on
tour; because it showed what
you're made of, and I like that
kind of challenge."
Other general comments
included: Thanks to our safe,
reliable, courteous driver, Ray
Warren, we had a smooth
trip."
"I never want to hear the
word 'casserole' again."
"It's a shame choir doesn't
go every year (on tour)."
"Mr. Thorburn is under-paid."
"I wouldn't have given it up
(tour) for Florida or any-thing!"
"It was the most spiritual
experience in my life."
"I was amazed at the
endurance showed, since it
would have been easy to poop
out."
". . . So much cooperation
and no complaining."
"Some members of the choir
were surprised at the lack of
recognition for the choir by the
administration in the midst of
the basketball revelling."
"Without Betty Nelson ac-companying
us, Mr. Thorburn
had a feeling of greater
responsibility, so everyone
pulled together. He moved
toward us and we to him."
"Music in one of those rare,
mystical experiences where
emotion and intellect seem to
coincide."
Bruce Jonnson
Thursday, March 30,1978 THE COLLEGE NEWS Page 3
Laura Stevens wins
opera competition
Within recent weeks a
number of students from
North Park competed in an
opera contest sponsored by the
Bel Canto Foundation, a
tax-exempt, non-profit organi-zation
whose goal is to expose
young American singers to
Italian operatic and romantic
repertoire. Along with stu-dents
from DePaul, Northeast-ern
Illinois, Northwestern, and
Roosevelt Universities, North
Park graduate and undergrad-uate
students — Nancy Dwy-er,
Dave Rice, and Laura
Stevens — competed before an
audience of judges and others
at Monastero's Ristorante, an
Italian restuarant in Chicago
which is active in the Founda-tion.
After she had appeared
several nights at the restau-rant,
it was announced that
Laura Stevens was the win-ning
singer from North Park;
the runner-up was Darrell
Rowader, a professional singer
from Palatine. For her accom-plishment,
Laura was awarded
$1,000 and is now eligible to
compete, along with the win-ners
from the other four
schools, on the 7th of May for
a trip to Italy. This will
involve 6-week stay in Italy
while studying under the
guidance of Tito Gobbi, a
world renowned Italian opera
star who has a workshop in
Florence. The winner of this
will forfeit the monetary award
to the runner-up from her or hs
own particular ediicational
institution.
Laura. Stevens, a junior
applied music major with a
vocal emphasis from Mount
Prospect, has been singing
throughout her high school
and college years performs on
occasion with her brother
Artie, is currently involved
with a gospel team at the
Mount Prospect Bible Church,
and beautifully performed a
solo in the recent NPC
presentation of Johannes
Brahms' German Requiem.
Though having just fin-ished,
and still resting up
from a demanding schedule on
the choir tour of the Midwest,
Laura felt that the contest was
actually quite enjoyable: "The
competition was fun, it was
fun to perform before these
people. It was all very relaxed,
no pressure." She also felt that
the Monastero family, owners
of the restaurant, were "gra-cious
people whose love of
music made the contest even
more meaningful."
Laura is also quite apprecia-tive
of the people in the music
department at North Park:
"They have all been so special.
It is so nice to know that they
care." Jeff Martin
'Requiem' a resounding success
To say that the College
Choir's March 21 performance
of the Brahms Ein Deutsches
Requiem was an emotional one
would certainly be an under-statement.
Impressive both in
technical execution and the
musicianship which was evi-dent,
the performance by the
Choir and Chamber Orchestra
was deeply moving for the
large crowd in attendance at
Queen of All Saints Basilica.
The three soloists deserve
particular recognition. Laura
Stevens, David Rice, and
Bruce Palmatier each made an
outstanding contribution to
the performance. Their skills
led one individual to ask Mr.
Thorburn why he had his
professionals sing with the
Choir. He replied, "They're
part of the Choir."
Individuals in the audience
were not the only ones affected
by the Brahms Requiem.
Members of both the Choir
and the Orchestra expressed
their emotional response to the
performance. Mr. Thorburn
himself told the Choir after
they had finished that he was
moved beyond tears. The I
evening was a fitting climax to
a successful tour for the Choir
members themselves.
As a whole, it was one of the
most moving performances by
any North Park musical
ensemble that this writer has
experienced. We express our
thanks for a true spiritual
experience. Bruce Peterson
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Dais Project Medd hy flash floods
North Park students and faculty stand dwarfed by a United States Coast Guard
chopper waiting to free them from a sudden watery exile.
The poster in the San Diego
airport read, "Visit Baja — for
Vacation and Romance." I
stared at it with unbelieving
eyes, thinking that it should
more appropriately read, "Vis-it
Baja — for Floods and
Evacuations."
I was one of 23 tired, dirty,
and hungry North Parkers
who had just been airlifted out
of Colonet, Mexico by the
United States Coast Guard.
We were waiting to be taken to
the American Red Cross
Center in San Diego. Dr. E.
James Kennedy was on the
phone talking to President
Ahlem about us, about the
eleven guys, one project period
leader, Mr. Tofte, and about
the four vans which we had
left in Baja. The T.V. and
newspaper men were asking
questions and shining bright
lights in our faces. And then,
we were on a bus heading for
the Red Cross Center. At last I
had a chance to collect my
thoughts.
Our trip had begun as
expected. All 35 of us,
traveling in four vans, had
made the trip from Chicago to
San Diego without any over-whelming
difficulties. After a
brief stay in San Diego, we
headed south for Baja. Our
troubles began towards late
afternoon of that day, Feb. 28,
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together we rearranged the
rocks in an effort to level out
the muddy pile. We stood in
the rain and cheered as each
van lurched across the ava-lanche.
When it came time to set up
camp that evening, it was
pouring relentlessly. Obviously
we could not pitch tents, so we
kept driving until our next gas
stop, San Vincente. At the gas
station we chanced to meet the
mayor of that fine town, who
graciously offered us the use of
his town hall for the night. He
kicked several drunks out of
jail, and presented us with one
filthy bathroom, one flooded,
furnitureless meeting room,
and one empty jail.
It was still raining the next
morning as we packed up and
continued our southward jour-ney.
The condition of the road
worsened. We drove through
one particularly flooded sec-tion
of the road only to
discover a river flowing across
the highway 12 miles further
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The gush of muddy water
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drove back the way we had
come only a little while earlier,
and to our amazement discov-ered
that the flooded section of
the road 12 miles north of the
"river" had become a sizeable
stream in its own right!
Trapped between the two
washouts, we found ourselves
at a total loss.
Again we turned around,
returning to the south wash-out.
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had split in two the little town
of Colonet. We were stuck on
the north side. Seeking shelter,
we obtained permission to stay
in the Protestant church there.
The church was nicer than the
town hall of the prior night,
but it was smaller, and in place
of a filthy bathroom, we had
only a tipped-over outhouse.
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among us took it upon
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tender behinds! We had our
own food and water, and yet,
T. did warn us about the
sanitary conditions, and cau-tioned
us to be as careful as
possible. We settled down for
the night, little knowing that
that night, Wed., March 8,
was to be only the first of four
nights which we were to spend
in that tiny church.
We spent the next three
days waiting. We hiked when
the weather permitted, and we
played cards. We ate chocolate
chip cookies and spam. We
rationed breadk, water, and
soda pop. We bought Mexican
hats and beer from the little
store down the road. We
cracked jokes about the out-house.
We talked about what
showers used to feel like. We
wondered about NPC's basket-ball
team, and wondered if
anyone back in Chicago knew
of our troubles. We wrote,
directed, produced, and ap-plauded
our own skits. We
laughed a lot. And above all,
we tried to get word of our
predicament back to the States
through the use of C.B. radios,
hand-delivered messages, and
a large SOS made out of white
cinder blocks.
Even as early as the evening
of the second day we realized
that either we found a way
out, or we were going to be
stuck for a long time. Talk of
air-lifting us out began float-ing
around. And, after repeat-ed
landings to pick up the
injured and drop off food for
the Mexicans, the USCG did
airlift us out. WE left behind a
skeleton crew of 12 guys to
drive the vans out as soon as
possible. I remember feelings
running high at this time, but
they were not feelings of fear.
Rather, they were feelings of
excitement, of adventure, and
of seperation. We did not know
when our group would be back
together. Perhaps that lack of
knowledge was the only fright-ening
thing. For if we had
learned little about biology
and the desert, we had learned
a great deal about sociology.
And we had developed a close
and special relationship which
only such unusual circum-stances
can create. It was
Sun., March 5, when we were
evacuated.
Two days later we were
reunited in San Diego. Our
guys had been able to drive,
push and drage the vans out of
Baja. We spent the final days
of our trip in the Sonoran
desert of Arizona. We returned
to chicago in what might be
termed a pensive mood. I, and
I know that I am only one of
many, am not able to forget
the tragic state of the Mexican
people that we left in Baja. It
seems so far removed now, and
yet, when we were there,
Chicago seemed almost non-existent.
That flood was real,
and I would venture to say
that we learned what life is
really like for much of the
world's population. We grew
to care for one another in a
unique way, and we shared a
simple lifestyle which so many
Americans never experience.
Do I regret my Spring
break? Never in a million
years. It was an adventure
which will not soon be
forgotten.
Beth Windmiller
Thursday, March 30,1978 THE COLLEGE NEWS Page 5
Bikers Vander' ihroufh Florida Students travel to Grand Canyon During this past project way.
period, a group of students
had the unique privilege to
ride bicycles through Florida.
They did this in conjunction
with the Wandering Wheels
organization. Led by faculty
members Marty Kreps and
Micky Benson, the group left
North Park on the 24th of
February in "The Possum
Three", a bus appropriately
named for the possum, a
nocturnal animal who carries
its young. Beginning at Day-tona
Beach, their cycling took
them through such towns as
Titusville to Vero Beach and
finally ending up at Pompano.
Along the way these stu-dents
learned and shared a
number of experiences which
included Snow White's Scary
Adventures (a relatively fright-ening
ride at Disney World),
Wet Willies (if you aren't
familiar with these just ask
one of the people who wen on
the trip to demonstrate),
potluck dinners, breakfast on
the veranda, sparse showers,
Claudia's eyebrow, and riding
in the rain in addition to sore
muscles. They also found that
contrary to popular belief it is
the guys and not the girls who
brought the hairdryers.
The trip also had a more
serious side. The cyclists had
the chance to sing in various
churches along the way (as
well as sleep on the church
floors). Sharing their faith
with others was the major
purpose of the expedition. As
one cyclist, Sue Bryan, said,
"It was the perfect opportuni-ty
to share Christ with others.
It was also good in getting to
know North Park people who
we didn't have the chance to
get to know in school. There
was something special in get-ting
to know everybody in this
The staff of Wandering
Wheels was also enjoyable to
get to know. All the cyclers
felt that they were a beautiful
group of people. Said one
cyclist, Nancy Lindstrom,
"The staff had to be a group of
very special people to go on
these trips with these kids.
The love that they showed to
us was very heart-warming
and will be remembered."
Though the cyclers rode
along all sorts of streets in
their 325 mile trek, the areas
enjoyed the most were the
backroads. Said Nancy, "They
were not as commercial and
much more quiet and relax-ing."
All in all, the group had
an enjoyable and memorable
trip. While they kept on
singing and sharing, big
wheels kept on turnin'.
Jeff Martin
North Park College Choir at Queen of All Saints Basilica.
Cancer is often curable.
The fear of cancer
is often fatal.
If you're afraid of
cancer...you're not alone.
But some people are so afraid
that they won't go to the
doctor when they suspect
something's wrong.
They're afraid the
doctor might "find some-thing:'.
This kind of fear can
prevent them from discover-ing
cancer in the early stages
when it is most often curable.
These people run the
risk of letting cancer scare
them to death.
51C,
American Cancer
Society
[Cont'd from page 2]
as lack of coordination with
athletic activities (i.e., some of
North Park's football games
will be played before the
beginning of the Fall term),
later entrance into the summer
job market, and adjustment of
Project Week in accordance
with the time limitations
imposed by the new schedule.
However, as Dr. Sandin, Vice
President for Academic Af-fairs,
pointed out, "What is
and ideal calendar?" Perhaps
the '78-'79 Academic Calendar
is not a perfect solution, but
hopefully the student body will
find that it provides an
improved and sensitive re-sponse
to the enviornmental,
academic, and financial prob-lems
faced by North Park
College.
St. Louis (AP) Dan
McCarrell of NPC was
named Sunday as the
National Associations of
Basketball Coaches Divi-sion
III Coach of the
year after leading the
Vikings to the NCAA Di-vision
III Championship.
During the early morning of
Thursday, February 23, ten
North Park students, led by
Arnie Werling, left on an
extended backpack trip to the
Grand Canyon Arizona. The 36
hour drive was marred by two
flat tires but the first spectacu-lar
view of the Canyon on the
evening of the 24th, more than
made up for an inconvenience.
After spending that first
night on the South Rim, packs
and tents were loaded on backs
and the long hike to the
bottom of the Canyon was
begun. Every turn of the trail,
to the Colorado River, opened
a new and exciting vista to our
eyes. A brief encounter with
some wild burros, the discov-ery
of ancient Indian ruins,
and the sight of sand dunes
not common to the terrain
were some of the highlights.
The first campsite was
pitched at Indian Gardens
with subsequent nights at
Bright Angel and Clear Creek.
Here the weather, due to the
monsoon type rainstorms from
Southern Calif., caused flash
flooding, which almost result-ed
in the loss of three
backpacks. Accordingly, it was
decided to cut short our
camping by one day and head
back to Bright Angel. How-ever,
there weren't any shel-ters
available here and the
night was spent in glorious
comfort at the famous Phan-tom
Ranch.
The only trail open to the
Rim from here was the very
difficult Kaibab Trail. On the
way up we passed through a
Climate Belt, that is we
started out in comparitively
warm but rainy weather,
progressing through a belt of
sleet and hail, and ending up
on top in a snowstorm. Here
we learned from a Ranger that
all of the Park's trails were
being closed down because of
the inclimate weather condi-tions
and rockslides.
AFter recouperating, we
were off to Denver, Colorado
and Stromsberg, Nebraska and
then on home to Chicago,
Illinois.
Participating in the trip
were students Sue Anderson,
Sue Fog, Norm Kronberg,
Dave Swanland, Kay Carpen-ter,
Kathy Gianfrancesco, Pat
Larson, Cindy Dwyer, Pam
Jedd, and Paul McAboy.
Pam Jedd
Students aid Uptown families
Lerner — On almost any
Saturday or school holiday, a
team of two or more college
students can be seen hefting
old furniture and other house-hold
items into low-income
apartments in the Uptown and
Edgewater areas.
What are these clean-cut
American youths from middle-to-
upper-middle income fami-lies
doing with used household
goods in such unlikely places?
What these North Park
collge students are doing is
helping resettle Indochinese
refugees and cope with life in
America under a volunteer
program called Project AID
(Assistance for Indochinese
Development).
One such collegian is Mark
Fogel, a senior in business
administration from Wilmette.
"When I started, we would go
out and meet the people
(refugees) and find out what
they needed. Then we'd follow
up on them. An Indochinese in
the program usually goes out
to help by finding out people
who give things away.
"We usually go out in pairs.
We get a car to pick things up
and deliver them to the
refugees' homes."
One of the aid recipients was
Neng Lee, a former secret
service agent in Viet Nam now
living in an apartment at 850
Eastwood. His apartment did
not have anything more but a
table and a few beds. Some of
his eight children were sleep-ing
on the floor, according to
volunteer Todd Engstrom, a
freshman from California.
So Engstrom and school-mate
David Rasanen, another
freshman, rented a U-haul
trailer and hitched it to Lee's
car. The three men drove out
to four donors' homes and
picked up four bags of
clothing, a sofa, a bed, a
dresser, a large mirror and
some kitchen appliances for
the Lee household.
Six students from the
college, 5125 N. Spaulding,
comprise the "core group" of
volunteers, according to stu-dent
activities director Peter
Heintzelman. They meet at the
AID center, 920 Lakeside,
prior to going out on their
tasks.
Engstrom said the idea of
helping the refugees "sounded
real interesting" when he first
heard about it from Heintzel-man.
"I though go down
there and see what it is. I
enjoy trying to help, and I like
working with people. This
gives me a chance to do that."
Fogel too explained what
motivated him to join the
program that was started last
fall at North Park. "I felt I
should be involved more, get
out in the city. It didn't seem
like you have to be an expert."
Heintzelman said he's hop-ing
to get more students
interested and beef up volun-teer
strength as much as 20 by
the end of next spring. The
volunteers now are preparing
to help refugees with income
tax forms, job applications and
citizenship papers. The Indo-chinese
most formidable prob-lem
is language, the students
said.
Ernest Jaski, Project AID
director, praised the students
for their assistance. He and
John Eddy, a Loyola Universi-ty
professor, solicited North
Park's participation in the
state funded program.
So far, Jaski said, the
project has assisted more
than 200 refugees out of about
4,400 in the Chicago area. A
consortium of area organiza-tions
have been offering the
Asians a variety of services
including English language
classes, counseling, job pre-paration
and survival courses.
The organizations include
the North River Business and
Industrial council (NORBIC),
St. Thomas of Canterbury
church, 4827 N. Kenmore;
Vietnam Assn. of Illinois,
Cambodian Assn. of Illinois
and the Laotian Assn. of
Illinois.
Page 6 THE COLLEGE NEWS Thursday, March 30, 1978
Imagine North Park football
fans viewing a home game
from permanent concrete
stands, free from the risk of
picking up painful splinters
protruding from rough-shod
bleacher planks. How about a
game in which the football
does not need to be fetched
from the North Branch and
disinfected after every extra
point? Think of a runner
treading on a clean, solid
surface, unlike the cinder-and-mud
oval of present. Or can
you picture, simply, a home
track meet?
North Park is now closer
than ever to seeing a complete
renovation of its grossly
inadequate athletic field. After
years of waiting and many
unfulfilled promises, steps
have been taken to prepare for
construction which would raise
the quality of the Viking
facilities up to par with most
other conference schools. A
past difficulty the school has
faced was that the rights for
the property, in the form of a
lease from the city, were
scheduled to expire in 1980.
The recent lease extention to
the year 2003 has eliminated
this major hurdle.
The first phase of the
proposed project is demolition
of the old gas station on
Foster Ave. and excavation of
the land it presently occupies.
With the fill from the regrad-ing
job, underground storage
tanks in the northwest corner
will be removed and the
football field, rotated counter-clockwise
slightly, will be
properly crowned. Both the
crowning and the installment
of adequate drain tile should
alleviate the bath tub effect
which has made muddy disas-ters
of many Viking football
and baseball contests. In
addition, the soccer team may
be allowed use of the field for
home games without risking
too much damage to the sod.
The second phase of con-struction
is installation of a
400 meter all-weather track.
The proposed metric-scale
track, in line with present-day
collegiate trends, will be four
lanes wide with as six-lane
straight-away for sprints. The
track team will finally be able
to host dual meets, although
conference meets require an
eight-lane track. Pits and
runways for field events are
also in the plans.
The third and major phase
of the project calls for erection
of a 2500 seat concrete
grandstand. The structure will
be located on the east, or river,
side of the field, with portable
bleachers being maintained on
the opposite side for visiting
fans. This major improvement
will be a welcome sight on a
previously unimpressive field,
in addition to providing com-fortable,
adequate seating for
all those die-hard Viking
supporters.
Swedish Covenant Hospital,
whose cardiac rehabilitation
patients will use the new track,
will be solicited for funds to
build a dressing room under
the grandstand for their use
and visiting teams' use. If the
hospital can not contribute,
this area will be used for
storage, increasing the amount
lithkile field io stew mord*,
Architects conception of proposed field.
Back row (pictured left right): Bruce D. Johnson, Del Anderson, Chuck
Thorpe, John Hogberg, Michael Lindholm, Dr. Ralph Lowell, Nancy Erickson,
John Carlson, Vicki Brudine, Dr. L. Knipp, Debra Tirpitz, Dr. P. Pearson.
Middle row: Sue Nelson, Pam Johnson, Peter Franklin, Kristin Bladel, Sue
Anderson, Linda Kuykendall, Joan Roberts, Elaine Stuffle, Carol Johnson.
Front row: Dan Peterson, Prof. A. T. Johnson, Sue Geisler, Tina Bringarud,
Joan Bjorkman.
Tri-Beta sees increased involvement
The Beta Beta Beta Hono-rary
Biological Society is once
again an active organization
on the North Park campus.
After a year of being essential-ly
inactive, the club has pulled
itself together with the help of
faculty advisors Professors
Knipp and Johnson of the
Biology Department. Monday,
February 13, was the official
induction ceremony to wel-come
the 23 new active and 8
associate members. Guests
present for the evenings
festivities were Professors
Ralph Lowell and Carroll
Peterson, two of the founding
members of the North Park
Chapter. The highlight of the
evening was a talk on
vegetarianism by Ms. Cindy
Hadley from Chicago's "Good
Earth" Restaurant. She was
well-informed and her interest-ing
talk captured the attention
and challenged the appetites of
all who attended. The dinner
exemplified perhaps the major
function of the Tri-Beta hopes
to fulfill at NPC, that of
introducing those students
with an interest in biology to
of usable space in the already
existing field house.
A for the work time-table,
construction is to proceed in
the order outlined. To be
available for the opening
football game next Fall, the
field must be sodded by June
15. Consequently, Athletic
Director Dan McCarrell has
rescheduled home baseball
games to accommodate a May
1 construction date.
Last, but far from least, is
the matter concerning funds to
foot the bill. With estimates
close to $250,000, the school
will proceed with construction
on a funds-in-hand basis. Not
wanting to deplete current
funding sources, the adminis-tration
has stated that no
funds from existing contribut-ors
will be applied to the bill.
As a result, contributions of
labor and materials as well as
money are being solicited from
new sources and federally
funded student labor will be
used over the summer. Vice-
President for Academic Affairs
Elom Nelson was excited
about the project, and optimis-tic
that adequate resources can
be tapped for the majority of
the proposed work.
An enrollment increase of as
many as 100 students is an
estimation of what may result
from these improvements. Cer-tainly,
the athletic department
would be given a shot in the
arm with their recruitment
efforts in sports that have
been waning in recent years.
After years of waiting, it
appears that the back stretch
of athletic field renovation is
clearly in sight.
Baseball games rescheduled
The Viking baseball team
will rely heavily upon youth
this season as it attempts to
improve on last year's 8-22
record. With ten freshmen on
the 22-man squad, coach
Bosko Djurickovic anticipates
a rebuilding year as he uses
young players in an attempt to
gain experience at key posi-tions.
The team currently is on
their annual southern trek,
gaining experience against
such schools as Southwestern
Tennessee and Mississippi
College in a climate much more
dependable for good game
conditions. They meet the
University of Illinois in a
doubleheader this weekend a s
their ten-day journey ends.
A major blow was dealt the
Vikings prior to the season
when senior infielder Gary
Moriarty broke his wrist in a
car accident. Last year's
leading hitter, Moriarty was to
provide the line-up with a
powerful bat and a sure-hand-ed
glove.
Co-captains Ron Schroeder
at pitcher and Mark Naumiec
behind the plate give the team
good experience at these
critical positions. Freshman
John Olson, pitching second in
the rotation and playing
outfield, shows good promise
at his positions. Freshmen
Arthur Hood in the outfield
and infielders Andre Madrigal
and Paul Moon have all been
impressive in preseason drills.
Junior Andrew Murdock and
Sophomore Russ Corpolongo
both swing good bats and
should inject power into the
Viking line-up.
Due to the proposed construc-tion
on the athletic field, the
team's home slate has been
changed to allow for comple-tion
of all home games by May
1. Hopefully, the flowers of
May will arrive in April and
allow the team to complete its
home stand during that nor-mally
rainy month. Fans
should note the schedule
change and remember to
attend early-season games.
Wendell Gustafson
different aspects of this vast
science. While some activities
may be restricted to members
only, most are open to all
students and faculty. The Club
has many activities planned
for the rest of the school year;
the next one being an Ecologi-cal
and Wildlife Slide Presen-tation
on the Florida Ever-glades
by Dr. Clarence Post-mus
of the Chemistry Depart-ment.
This talk will be
Thursday evening, April 6th at
8:30 p.m. in Room C13 and
promises to be quite interest-ing.
Refreshments will be
served afterwards with a time
to ask questions. The North
Park Community is invited to
join us in seeing some of the
wonders of the Great South-east.